The lovely labmonkie tagged me on a 40 questions meme. And thank goodness, because I have nothing at all original to say today. So here goes:

1) Who is the last person you high-fived?
Probably Jesse

2) If you were drafted into a war, would you survive.
Who are we fighting? Because if it’s the Canadians, hell yeah. Iran? Probably not.

3) Do you sleep with the TV on?
Yep. I can never seem to make it through the guest segment on The Daily Show.

4) Have you ever drunk milk straight out of the carton?
Yuck, I hate milk. Wait, in elementary school we all drank milk from those mini-cartons. Does that count?

5) Have you ever won a spelling bee?
Yes, second grade class spelling bee.

6) Have you ever been stung by a bee?
I was stung by a bee in kindergarten while playing Ring around the Roses, and it made me so nauseous that I had to go home. I suspect that I’m slightly allergic, and bees make me really nervous.

7) How fast can you type?
Words per minute? No idea. I’m pretty fast, I think.

8) Are you afraid of the dark?
Not anymore. I was seriously afraid of the dark when I was a kid. I just knew a vampire would get me. I was terrified of vampires.

9) Eye color:
Blue

10) Have you ever made out at a drive-in?
Ew. No.

11) When was the last time you chose a bath over a shower?
Not since I was a teenager probably. I have never had a bath tub nice enough to justify taking a bath.

12) Do you knock on wood?
Yep. I have lots of silly superstitions.

13) Do you floss daily?
No, but don’t tell my dentist.

15) Can you hula hoop?
I used to be able to, but I think I lost that ability at 12.

16) Are you good at keeping secrets?
Yes. Especially that one about a colleague at JC Penney who was having a torrid affair with a store manager. I never told anyone about that. Oh. Oops.

17) What do you want for Christmas?
A partridge in a pear tree

18) Do you know the Muffin Man?
Yes, and I don’t trust him.

19) Do you talk in your sleep?
Not often.

20) Who wrote the book of love?
I don’t know, but they needed an editor. And a spell check.

21) Have you ever flown a kite?
Yes, and … it’s kind of overrated.

22) Do you wish on your fallen lashes?
Yes. I taught Jesse the routine where you squeeze the lash between your index finger and thumb and then guess which finger the lash will be stuck to when you bring your fingers apart.

23) Do you consider yourself successful?
Depends on who you’re comparing me with.

24) How many people are on your contact list of your cell?
15

25) Have you ever asked for a pony?
Yes. Never got one. And now that I know how much work they are, I’m totally glad I never had one.

26) Plans for tomorrow?
Wake up, get Jesse ready for school, take him to school, go to work, work, pick Jesse up from after school care, help him with homework, cook dinner, watch a little TV with the family, pick up around the house, get Jesse ready for bed, read with Jesse, write down books read in Jesse’s reading log, snuggle with Jesse, put Jesse to bed, and then collapse.

27) Can you juggle?
Figuratively speaking, I juggle every single day.

28) Missing someone now?
Yes.

29) When was the last time you told someone "I love you"?
This morning.

30) And truly meant it?
Oh, definitely.

31) How often do you drink?
Last week more than average. I usually have a two or three of glasses of wine or a couple of beers a week.

32) How are you feeling today?
Sad. A colleague called me on my cell phone at 6 a.m. with the terrible news that his baby niece had died this morning. She’d had heart surgery last year and seemed to be doing well. He’s been on my mind all morning.

33) What do you say too much?
Jesse, stop arguing with me.

34) Have you ever been suspended or expelled from school?
No! I would have been mortified. When I was a senior, my classmates were pissed because we weren’t allowed to have a senior day pep rally like every other class before us, and so they staged a walkout in the middle of the day in protest. But I was too scared of getting into trouble and kept my butt in chemistry class.

35) What are you looking forward to?
Getting all of our credit card debt paid off in the next few years. I’ve been working my plan since January of last year and have made a ton of progress. But we still have a long way to go. And then I want our house paid off by the time I’m 40.

36) Have you ever crawled through a window?
I can’t remember. I think I must have once when I locked myself out of my parents’ house.

37) Have you ever eaten dog food?
Allegedly, yes. My grandmother tells a story about me eating food from their dog’s dish when I was a baby.

38) Can you handle the truth?
Usually. It depends on how it's told.

39) Do you like green eggs and ham?
That’s one of my favorite Dr. Suess books.

40) Any cool scars?
Are scars cool? I have a scar on the back of my right leg where I fell on a screw in my grandparents’ back yard and tore up my leg. And I have a scar on my right eyebrow where I fell against the corner of my parents’ TV set when I was a toddler. Then there are the hidden emotional scars that come with having freakishly small feet.